Tour Shirt
It all started with a t-shirt from the early 2007 over-seas tour of Nine Inch Nails. The highlighted letters spelled out ‘iamtryingtobelieve’ which was found out to be a website when adding “.com” to it.
Website
http://iamtryingtobelieve.com/
This was the first site relating to the World of Year Zero discovered.
The content of the website (Sometime in the future) warns us of a drug called Parepin that is being introduced into the water sources all over America. The government will have you believe that this is an immune system booster that will protect Americans from biological warfare. People who don't drink the water see something more sinister behind the scenes.
There is also talk of a recent phenomenon known as the ‘Presence,’ where many people have seen what seems to be a giant hand reaching down from the sky, Some people believe it’s god, striking down from the heavens. Others believe it’s a Parepin-induced hallucination. Others believe it’s a Parepin widthdrawl hallucination. One thing is for sure, people everywhere are starting to see signs.
Auto-Reply E-Mail
The author of the website claims to have stopped using Parepin. Users may e-mail him to ask any questions, but are greeted with a very creepy auto-reply:
Auto-reply from water@iamtryingtobelieve.com wrote:
Thank you for your interest. It is now clear to me that Parepin is a completely safe and effective agent developed to protect us from bio-terrorism. The Administration is acting purely in the best interests of its citizens; to suggest otherwise was irresponsible and I deeply regret it. I'm drinking the water. So should you.
Perhaps he's on to something...?
It should be noted that no reply comes if a user replies to his auto-reply.